Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo has been robbed on the way to Kaliningrad in Russia.<\/p>\n
Russian News Agency, TASS reports that US$11,000 (approximately N4 million) was stolen from him.<\/p>\n
The former Arsenal striker was traveling from London to Moscow.<\/p>\n
Kanu was heading to Kaliningrad, the city that will host the Super Eagles World Cup opener against Croatia on June 16.<\/p>\n
According to the news wire, at Khrabrovo airport, he received his baggage, and discovered that the money was stolen when he got to his hotel.<\/p>\n
Two Sheremetyevo Airport staff have been detained on suspicion of stealing the money from the Nigerian star.<\/p>\n
Investigators of the Western Line Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on transport opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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